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Offline Stephane1972

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Filco ninja keycaps availability
« on: Thu, 11 August 2016, 18:07:10 »
Hi guys :-) I have a filco convertible 2 and I would like to swap the stock keycaps for a set of ninja keycaps (genuine filco ninja keycaps, as they look the best in my opinion, despite being of lower quality than PBT keycaps).

I was wondering if any of you guys know if Filco intends to sell them separately in the future (both their top printed and blank keycaps sets are sold separately but not the ninja version).

Thanks  :-) 

Offline zslane

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Re: Filco ninja keycaps availability
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 11 August 2016, 18:53:02 »
Where are you located?

Offline Stephane1972

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Re: Filco ninja keycaps availability
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 11 August 2016, 19:01:08 »
Province of Quebec (Canada)

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Re: Filco ninja keycaps availability
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 11 August 2016, 19:23:07 »
have you considered getting varmilo keycaps? they are made with thick PBT material and they come in side print/ninja aswell :)  :thumb:

Offline zslane

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Re: Filco ninja keycaps availability
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 11 August 2016, 19:43:11 »
Well, I have a set of Ninja caps from a Majestouch-2 you can have outright. Just PM your mailing address.

Offline Stephane1972

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Re: Filco ninja keycaps availability
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 11 August 2016, 20:21:34 »
Thanks zslane :-)

That would be great ... but first, can I ask you if it's still in good condition ? I'd really like to find one that's almost like new, with little to no shine on the keys.

Thanks :-)


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Re: Filco ninja keycaps availability
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 11 August 2016, 20:38:40 »
They are completely pristine/unused. I replaced them with keycaps from SP the moment I opened the box.

Offline Stephane1972

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Re: Filco ninja keycaps availability
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 11 August 2016, 20:44:48 »
Great! PM sent :-)

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Re: Filco ninja keycaps availability
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 12 August 2016, 06:04:29 »
Hi guys :-) I have a filco convertible 2 and I would like to swap the stock keycaps for a set of ninja keycaps (genuine filco ninja keycaps, as they look the best in my opinion, despite being of lower quality than PBT keycaps).

I was wondering if any of you guys know if Filco intends to sell them separately in the future (both their top printed and blank keycaps sets are sold separately but not the ninja version).

Thanks  :-)

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